iPad 3 rumored for March

“Sources say the company has chosen the first week in March to debut the successor to the iPad 2, and will do so at one of its trademark special events,” Paczkowski wrote. ”The event will be held in San Francisco, presumably at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Apple’s preferred location for big announcements like these.”

He goes on to speculate that iPad 3 — or perhaps it will be called the iPad 2S, just to make pundit heads explode — will go on sale roughly a week later.

The device is rumored to look more or less like the current version, but with faster processors and a much-improved display.

iPad 2 was introduced in San Francisco on March 2 last year by Steve Jobs, in one of his final public appearances.